DISPATCHER HAD A VERY BAD DAY AT WORK SATURDAY. THAT'S WHEN SALINAS POLICE WALKED INTO HIS OFFICE AND ARRESTED HIM FOR SHOPLIFTING. WITH MORE ON WHO THIS GUY IS AND HOW HE GOT CAUGHT HE'S FACING HERE'S ACTION NEWS REPORTER TOM MILLER LIVE IN SALINAS. ### WE KNOW HIS NAME IS JON BROWN HE'S 35 YEARS OLD AND HE'S WORKED HERE AS A SENIOR DISPATCHER WITH THE COUNTY. HE WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY NIGHT JUST HOURS AFTER POLICE SAY HE RIPPED OFF A GROCERY STORE. WITH MORE THAN A HUNDRED DOLLARS WORTH OF GROCERIES PACKED INSIDE HIS SHOPPING CART, SALINAS POLICE SAY 35 YEAR OLD JON BROWN WALKED FROM INSIDE THE CONSTITUTION BOULEVARD SAFEWAY TO THE IN-STORE STARBUCKS WHERE HE ORDERED A DRINK BUT HIS CREDIT CARD DIDN'T GO THROUGH. 5:51 When that card didn't work he walked out of the store with the grocery items, put them in his car and then went back to pay for the coffee. 6:01 BUT THERE WAS JUST ONE PROBLEM. BROWN NEVER PAID FOR THE GROCERIES ... AND APPARENTLY HE'S DONE THE SAME THING BEFORE. 8:09 He has been suspected of going in there and doing something similar to that maybe about 5 or 6 times they think. 8:16 and they just never caught him before? 8:18 yeah, they never caught him 8:21 11:36 Safeway store policy prohibits chasing after shoplifters so police say instead the employees wrote down brown's license plate number and then called the dispatch center where he works. 11:46 THAT MESSAGE WAS RELAYED TO POLICE AND ABOUT AN HOUR LATER AT 7 SATURDAY NIGHT ONCE BROWN WAS BACK ON THE JOB... OFFICERS SHOWED UP HERE AND ARRESTED HIM. LATE TONIGHT THE DISPATCH CENTER'S ADMINISTRATION REVEALED A FEW MORE DETAILS ABOUT BROWN SAYING HE WAS A SHIFT SUPERVISOR... HAS BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS AND IS NOW ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE PENDING THE INVESTIGATION. BROWN IS BEING CHARGED WITH FELONY BURGLARY WHERE IN THIS CASE POLICE SAY HE ENTERED THE STORE WITH THE INTENT TO STEAL. ### ALSO ON THE CRIME

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